#C59C32#C59C32

#C59C32 is a light, vivid orange. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.128 H 86.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#C59C32
RGB	rgb(197, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(43, 60%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(43, 75%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.8%, 74.6%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.43, 4.76, 58.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.43, 58.29, 85.31°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% 0.0074 0.1281)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.128 86.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4923, 35.8799, 8.0731)
Luminance	0.3588 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#C59C32 #325BC5

analogous

#C55232 #C59C32 #A4C532

triadic

#C59C32 #32C59C #9C32C5

tetradic

#C59C32 #32C552 #325BC5 #C532A4

square

#C59C32 #32C552 #325BC5 #C532A4

split-complementary

#C59C32 #32A4C5 #5232C5

monochromatic

#634F19 #947526 #C59C32 #D6B55E #E3CB8F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#C59C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#C59C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #C59C32

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##C59C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##C59C32	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A637

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D68E87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #c59c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(197, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.128 86.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dbb871',
    500: '#c59c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #c59c32;
$custom-light: #dbb871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#c59c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 197,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 43.265,
    "s": 59.514,
    "l": 48.431
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71237,
    "c": 0.12828,
    "h": 86.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#C59C32

secondary

#869ACD

accent

#71E345

background

#FEFBF7

surface

#FCF6ED

border

#D5D0C8

text

#161108

muted

#84807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #C59C32

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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